Su-27 crash Salgareda Airshow 1990

On 9th September 1990, a Su-27 coded "14 Red" crashed during an aerobatic display in Salgareda, Italy, killing the LII test pilot Rimas A.A. Stankeavicius.
The accident invastigating board established that the aircaft was not to blame. The airfield in Salgareda was generally described as "treacherous" and "beastly" to use for aerobatics, because it was surrounded by green fields with no visual reference points for judging altitude and position. That day Stankeavicius had been under considerable stress and began a loop too low, running out of altitude as he pulled out. A member of the airhow's organising committee, S. Moretto, who by mischance was standing a bit too close to the point of impact, was also killed. Stankeavicius' death was a severe blow to the Buran (Soviet space shuttle) programme, as he was deputy commander of the shuttle crew training group.

Excerpt from video "Test pilots. Survive in an accident" (Летчики-испытатели. Выжить в катастрофе), by Wings of Russia Studio (Студия Крылья России). Сухой Су-27.

By the way another camera-angle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE-7r712NC0

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[GroTTaniF]

It was Lithuanian Pilot. His Name was Rimantas Stankevicius.

RiP. From Lithuania

[germansascha]

@flightoftheunknown You're a Fail!

[VKrMos]

Римантас вместе с Волком в Жуковском поднимал в небо Буран...

[radudeATL]

@TheKrIVel I was kidding. It was a reference to an animated sitcom called American Dad.

[TheKrIVel]

@radudeATL it is russian television... you mean that we must talk in our country in english?

[coldasiice]

Intake design flaw. At high angles of attack the engines starv of oxegen Mcdonnel douglas (F-15) address this issue with intakes that move down at high angles of attack Sukoi installed computer controlled vents uder the intake that open at high angles of attack But the Grumman F14 tomcat suffered. Kara Hultgreen crash her f14 from a tip stall because of engine flameout, she was at a high angle of attack. The f14 has been retired and no 5th gen jet has this intake R.I.P to all that died

[radudeATL]

*slap*

LEARN... ENGLISH!

[Robintjeh93]

In Soviet Russia, plane flies you!

[BusinessKi11ER]

If Russian hardware is unreliable then American hardware should be jack-shit!

[kaycorey1]

@flightoftheunknown You better STFU.

[Mobile3131]

in memory...